The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2, Blade II, the 3rd installment Austin Powers in Goldmember, the 10th installments Star Trek Nemesis and Jason X.

Top grossing films

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2002. The top ten films of 2002, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

2002 Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross	U.S./Canada Gross	U.K. Gross	Australia Gross
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	$925,282,504	$341,786,758	$91,914,687	$26,850,032
2	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,643,482	$261,988,482	$88,104,108	$20,857,535
3	Spider-Man	Columbia	$821,708,551	$403,706,375	$45,780,340	$16,890,782
4	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Fox	$649,398,328	$310,676,740	$58,762,764	$18,632,998
5	Men in Black II	Columbia	$441,818,803	$190,418,803	$34,571,702	$9,698,146
6	Die Another Day	MGM	$431,971,116	$160,942,139	$59,182,873	$10,520,593
7	Signs	Touchstone	$408,247,917	$227,966,634	$25,004,129	$6,475,864
8	Ice Age	Fox	$383,257,136	$176,387,405	$21,425,322	$10,869,472
9	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	$368,744,044	$241,438,208	$20,927,227	$15,168,243
10	Minority Report	DreamWorks / Fox	$358,372,926	$132,072,926	$31,388,860	$6,584,824

These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2002 Yearly Box Office Results.

2002 produced fifty-one films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Seven films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers has grossed $925.3 million, making it the eighth highest grossing film in history.

Events

• May - The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
• May 3-5 - Spider-Man is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation.
• May 16 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones opens in theater. Although a huge success, it is the only episode not to be the highest grosser of the year.
• Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 Cesar Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. Amélie also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever.
• Another French-language film Brotherhood of the Wolf also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Chicago

Best Director: Roman Polanski - The Pianist

Best Actor: Adrien Brody - The Pianist

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours

Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper - Adaptation.

Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago

Best Foreign Language Film: Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika), directed by Caroline Link, Germany

Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Hours

Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Chicago

Best Actor: Richard Gere - Chicago

Best Actress: Renée Zellweger - Chicago

Other

Best Director: Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York

Best Foreign Language Film: Talk to Her, Spain

BAFTA Awards:

Best Picture: The Pianist

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, Poland

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan, U.K. / Ireland

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan

Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, U.K. / Ireland

Films released in 2002

#

• 8 Mile
• 8 Women
• 13 Moons
• 24 Hour Party People
• 25th Hour
• 28 Days Later
• 40 Days and 40 Nights

A

• About a Boy
• About Schmidt
• Adaptation.
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash
• Alien Love Triangle
• All About Lily Chou-Chou
• All about the Benjamins
• Analyze That
• Antwone Fisher
• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Auto Focus
• Avenging Angelo

B

• Back by Midnight
• Bad Company
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
• Bend It Like Beckham
• The Best Day of My Life
• Better Luck Tomorrow
• Big Fat Liar
• Big Trouble
• Birthday Girl
• Blade II
• The Blood Stained Route Map
• Blood Work
• Bloody Sunday
• Blue Crush
• Boat Trip
• Bolivar Soy Yo
• Book of Love
• The Bourne Identity
• Bowling for Columbine
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (U.S. release)
• Bubba Ho-tep
• The Burial Society
• Buying the Cow

C

• Callas Forever
• Catch Me If You Can
• Chance
• Changing Lanes
• Chat Room
• Chicago
• Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (director's cut re-release)
• City of God
• Clockstoppers
• Collateral Damage
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• The Country Bears
• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
• Crazy As Hell
• Crossroads
• Cubic

D

• The Dancer Upstairs
• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
• Dark Blue
• Darkness
• Dead Gorgeous
• Dead in a Heartbeat
• Death to Smoochy
• Deathwatch
• Demon Island
• Deuces Wild
• Die Another Day
• Dirty Deeds
• Divine Intervention
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
• Dragonfly

E

• E.T.
• Eight Crazy Nights
• Eight Legged Freaks
• Emergency Act 19
• Enough
• Extreme Ops
• Evelyn

F

• FeardotCom
• Femme Fatale
• The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
• Frailty
• Frida
• Full Frontal

G

• Gangs of New York
• Ghost Ship
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
• The Good Girl
• The Good Thief
• The Guru

H

• Halloween: Resurrection
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Hart's War
• Hero
• Hey Arnold!: The Movie
• High Crimes
• Hollywood Ending
• Home Room
• L'homme du train (The Man on the Train)
• The Hours

I

• Ice Age
• Igby Goes Down
• Impostor
• In America
• In This World
• Infernal Affairs
• Insomnia
• Interstate 60

J

• Jason X
• John Q
• Juwanna Mann

K

• K-19: The Widowmaker
• K-9: P.I.
• The Kid Stays in the Picture
• Kiss the Bride
• Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

L

• The Laramie Project
• Last Call
• Life or Something Like It
• Like Mike
• Lilo & Stitch
• Lilya 4-ever
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Love And A Bullet

M

• Madame Satã
• Maid in Manhattan
• The Magdalene Sisters
• The Man from Elysian Fields
• Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
• The Master of Disguise
• Men in Black II
• Men with Brooms
• Millennium Actress (English version release date, orig. Japanese released 2001)
• Minority Report
• Morvern Callar
• The Mothman Prophecies
• Mr. Deeds
• Murder by Numbers
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding

N

• National Lampoon's Van Wilder
• New Best Friend
• The New Guy

O

• On Line
• One Hour Photo
• Orange County
• Over the Rainbow

P

• Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
• Panic Room
• Phone Booth
• The Pianist
• Pinocchio
• Pokémon 4Ever
• Possession
• The Powerpuff Girls Movie
• Puckoon directed by Terence Ryan
• Pumpkin
• Punch-Drunk Love

Q

• Queen of the Damned
• The Quiet American

R

• R.S.V.P.
• Reign of Fire
• Resident Evil
• Return to Never Land
• The Ring
• Road to Perdition
• Rollerball
• The Rookie
• Rose Red
• The Rules of Attraction

S

• S1m0ne
• The Salton Sea
• Saving My Hubby
• Scooby-Doo
• The Scorpion King
• Secret Things
• Serving Sara
• Sex Is Zero
• Showboy
• Showtime
• Signs
• The Singles Ward
• Skinwalkers
• Slackers
• Snow Dogs
• Solaris
• Sorority Boys
• Spider
• Spider-Man
• Spirit of Korean Celadon
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
• Star Trek Nemesis
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Steal
• Stealing Harvard
• Stevie
• Stolen Summer
• Stuart Little 2
• Sunshine State
• The Sum of All Fears
• The Sweetest Thing
• Swimfan
• Swing, directed by Toni Gatlif

T

• Tadpole
• Talk to Her
• They
• Timequest
• Time Changer
• The Man Who Saved Christmas
• The Time Machine
• Treasure Planet
• The Tuxedo

U

• Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
• Undercover Brother
• Undisputed
• Unfaithful

V

• Valentín

W

• Waiting for Happiness
• A Walk to Remember
• Walking on Water
• We Were Soldiers
• Welcome to Collinwood
• Whale Rider
• White Oleander
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie
• Windtalkers

X

• xXx

Films released in 2002 by country

• List of Argentine films:2002

Deaths

• January 13 - Ted Demme, 38, director
• February 15 - Kevin Smith, 38, television actor
• February 21 - John Thaw, 60, actor
• February 22 - Chuck Jones, 89, animator
• February 27 - Spike Milligan, 83, comedian
• March 27 - Milton Berle, 93, comedian
• March 27 - Dudley Moore, 66, actor/comedian
• March 27 - Billy Wilder, 95, filmmaker
• April 9 - John Agar, 81, actor
• April 16 - Robert Urich, 55, television actor
• April 22 - Linda Lovelace, 53, porn star (Deep Throat)
• June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, bassist/songwriter
• June 29 - Rosemary Clooney, 74, singer/actress
• July 5 - Katy Jurado, 78, Mexican actress
• July 6 - John Frankenheimer, 72, director
• July 9 - Rod Steiger, 77, actor
• July 23 - Leo McKern, 82, actor
• August 16 - Jeff Corey, 88, actor, television director
• August 18 - Dean Reisner, 83, screenwriter
• September 7 - Katrin Cartlidge, 41, actress
• September 11 - Kim Hunter, 79, actress
• September 14 LaWanda Page, 81, actress
• September 16 - James Gregory, 90, actor
• October 2 - Bruce Paltrow, 58, director
• October 10 - Teresa Graves, 54, actress
• October 25 - Richard Harris, 72, actor
• November 3 - Jonathan Harris, 87, actor
• November 18 - James Coburn, 74, actor
• December 3 - Glenn Quinn, 32, actor
• December 30 - Mary Brian, 96, actress

Wide-release movies

In the film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:

Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.

January - March

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y
	4	Impostor	Miramax Films	Gary Sinise, Madeline Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio
	11	Orange County	Paramount Pictures	Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Bret Harrison, Kyle Howard, Catherine O'Hara, Mike White
	18	Snow Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Coburn, Nichelle Nichols, Joanna Bacalso, Sisqo
	25	The Count of Monte Cristo	Touchstone Pictures	James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk
		Kung Pow! Enter the Fist	20th Century Fox	Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Lung Fei, Leo Lee
		The Mothman Prophecies	Screen Gems	Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, Will Patton, Lucinda Jenney
		A Walk to Remember	Warner Bros.	Mandy Moore, Shane West
F E B R U A R Y
	1	Birthday Girl	Miramax Films	Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin
		Slackers	Screen Gems	Jason Schwartzman, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Mike Maronna, Jaime King, Laura Prepon
	8	Big Fat Liar	Universal Studios	Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison
		Collateral Damage	Warner Bros.	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro
		Rollerball	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews
	15	Crossroads	Paramount Pictures	Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd
		Hart's War	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, Marcel Iureş
		John Q	New Line Cinema	Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Eddie Griffin, Kimberly Elise
		Return to Never Land	Walt Disney Pictures	Blayne Weaver, Harriet Owen, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, Roger Rees, Andrew McDonough, Spencer Breslin, Quinn Beswick, Aaron Spann, Bradley Pierce, Frank Welker, Jim Cummings, Clive Revill, Dan Castellaneta, Rob Paulsen, Wally Wingert
		Super Troopers	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox
	22	Dragonfly	Universal Studios	Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt, Kathy Bates
		Queen of the Damned	Warner Bros.	Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Paul McGann, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin
M A R C H	1	40 Days and 40 Nights	Miramax Films	Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo
		We Were Soldiers	Paramount Pictures	Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Don Duong, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
	8	All About the Benjamins	New Line Cinema	Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Valarie Rae Miller
		The Time Machine	DreamWorks	Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, Alan Young, Omero Mumba
	15	Ice Age	20th Century Fox	Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
		Resident Evil	Screen Gems	Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon
		Showtime	Warner Bros.	Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, William Shatner
	22	Blade II	New Line Cinema	Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Thomas Kretschmann, Leonor Varela, Danny John-Jules
		E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Universal Studios	Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace-Stone, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
		Sorority Boys	Touchstone Pictures	Barry Watson, Michael Rosenbaum, Harland Williams, Melissa Sagemiller, Heather Matarazzo
	29	Clockstoppers	Paramount Pictures	Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart
		Death to Smoochy	Warner Bros.	Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart
		Panic Room	Columbia Pictures	Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto
		The Rookie	Walt Disney Pictures	Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox

April - June

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	5	Big Trouble	Touchstone Pictures	Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville, Dennis Farina
		High Crimes	20th Century Fox	Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower
		National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Artisan Entertainment	Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn
	12	Changing Lanes	Paramount Pictures	Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt, Amanda Peet
		Frailty	Lions Gate Entertainment	Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter
		The Sweetest Thing	Columbia Pictures	Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey
	19	Murder by Numbers	Warner Bros.	Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
		My Big Fat Greek Wedding ‡	IFC Films	Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Ian Gomez
		The Scorpion King	Universal Studios	Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli, Ralf Moeller
	26	Jason X	New Line Cinema	Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade
		Life or Something Like It	20th Century Fox	Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Stockard Channing, Christian Kane, Tony Shalhoub
M A Y	3	Deuces Wild	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Norman Reedus, Max Perlich
		Hollywood Ending	DreamWorks	Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Téa Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Treat Williams, Peter Gerety
		Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures	Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris
	8	Unfaithful	20th Century Fox	Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan
	10	The New Guy	Columbia Pictures	DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel
	16	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Frank Oz, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
	17	About a Boy	Universal Studios	Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Sharon Small
	24	Enough	Columbia Pictures	Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Fred Ward, Tessa Allen
		Insomnia	Warner Bros.	Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Paul Dooley, Lorne Cardinal
		Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	DreamWorks Animation	Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi
	31	The Sum of All Fears	Paramount Pictures	Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ciarán Hinds, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan
		Undercover Brother	Universal Studios	Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris
J U N E	7	Bad Company	Touchstone Pictures	Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock
		Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Warner Bros.	Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, James Garner
	14	The Bourne Identity	Universal Studios	Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Clive Owen
		Scooby-Doo	Warner Bros.	Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson
		Windtalkers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach
	21	Juwanna Mann	Warner Bros.	Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans, Ginuwine
		Lilo & Stitch	Walt Disney Pictures	Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames
		Minority Report	20th Century Fox	Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neal McDonough
	28	Hey Arnold!: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille
		Mr. Deeds	Columbia Pictures	Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari, John Turturro

July - September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	3	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Bow Wow, Brenda Song, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki
		Men in Black II	Columbia Pictures	Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson
		The Powerpuff Girls Movie	Warner Bros.	Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Jennifer Hale
	12	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Neil Fanning, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Aden Young
		Halloween: Resurrection	Dimension Films	Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Daisy McCrackin, Katee Sackhoff
		Reign of Fire	Touchstone Pictures	Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alice Krige
		Road to Perdition	DreamWorks	Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig
	17	Eight Legged Freaks	Warner Bros.	David Arquette, Kari Wührer, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug
	19	K-19: The Widowmaker	Paramount Pictures	Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson
		Stuart Little 2	Columbia Pictures	Michael J. Fox, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Lane, Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, James Woods
	26	Austin Powers in Goldmember	New Line Cinema	Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer
		The Country Bears	Walt Disney Pictures	Don Henley, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Queen Latifah, Elton John
A U G U S T	2	Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat	Paramount Pictures	Martin Lawrence
		The Master of Disguise	Columbia Pictures	Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Brent Spiner
		Signs	Touchstone Pictures	Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin
	7	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Dimension Films	Alexa Vega, Emily Osment, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino
	9	Blood Work	Warner Bros.	Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus
		xXx	Columbia Pictures	Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson
	16	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Warner Bros.	Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn
		Blue Crush	Universal Studios	Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake, Mika Boorem
	21	One Hour Photo ‡	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Gary Cole, Eriq La Salle
	23	Serving Sara	Paramount Pictures	Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell
		S1m0ne	New Line Cinema	Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts
		Undisputed	Miramax Films	Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens
	30	FeardotCom	Warner Bros.	Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea
S E P T E M B E R	6	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Robert De Niro, Eliza Dushku
		Swimfan	20th Century Fox	Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Clayne Crawford, Jason Ritter, Dan Hedaya
	13	Barbershop	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer
		Stealing Harvard	Revolution Studios	Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins, John C. McGinley, Tammy Blanchard
	20	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Warner Bros.	Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto
		The Banger Sisters	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush
		The Four Feathers	Paramount Pictures	Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson
		Trapped	Columbia Pictures	Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Fanning
	27	Sweet Home Alabama	Touchstone Pictures	Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place
		The Tuxedo	DreamWorks	Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs

October - December

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	4	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Big Idea Productions	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
		Red Dragon	Universal Studios	Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
	11	Brown Sugar	20th Century Fox	Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah
		Knockaround Guys	New Line Cinema	Barry Pepper, Seth Green, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper
		The Rules of Attraction	Lions Gate Entertainment	James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Kip Pardue, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Bosworth
		The Transporter	20th Century Fox	Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
		Tuck Everlasting	Walt Disney Pictures	Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson, Scott Bairstow, Ben Kingsley, Victor Garber
		White Oleander	Warner Bros.	Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer
	18	Abandon	Paramount Pictures	Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Whitmere, Fred Ward
		The 51st State	Screen Gems	Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf
		The Ring	DreamWorks	Naomi Watts, Daveigh Chase, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost
	25	Ghost Ship	Warner Bros.	Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Desmond Harrington, Isiah Washington, Ron Eldard, Karl Urban
		Jackass: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason Acuña
		The Truth About Charlie	Universal Studios	Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton
N O V E M B E R	1	I Spy	Columbia Pictures	Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Cole, Phill Lewis, Mike Dopud
		The Santa Clause 2	Walt Disney Pictures	Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson
	6	Femme Fatale	Warner Bros.	Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas
	8	8 Mile	Universal Studios	Eminem, Jeff Bass, Proof, Obie Trice, Xzibit, 50 Cent
	15	Half Past Dead	Columbia Pictures	Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Ja Rule, Kurupt
		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs
	22	Die Another Day	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rick Yune, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, Will Yun Lee
		The Emperor's Club	Universal Studios	Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward Hermann, Harris Yulin, Paul Dano
		Friday After Next	New Line Cinema	Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don 'D.C.' Curry, Anna Maria Horsford, Clifton Powell
	27	Eight Crazy Nights	Columbia Pictures	Adam Sandler, Jackie Titone, Austin Stout, Rob Schneider
		Extreme Ops	Paramount Pictures	Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell
		Solaris	20th Century Fox	George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur
		Treasure Planet	Walt Disney Pictures	Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Emma Thompson
		They	Dimension Films	Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jon Abrahams
D E C E M B E R	6	Analyze That	Warner Bros.	Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty
		Empire	Universal Studios	John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Delilah Cotto, Denise Richards
	13	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Nick Cannon, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts, Zoe Saldana, Jason Weaver
		The Hot Chick	Touchstone Pictures	Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Sam Doumit
		Maid in Manhattan	Revolution Studios	Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson
		Star Trek Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden
	18	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line Cinema	Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies
	20	Gangs of New York	Miramax Films	Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent
		Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant
		The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Paramount Pictures	Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave, Jodi Carlisle, Danielle Harris, Flea
	25	Catch Me If You Can	DreamWorks	Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
		Pinocchio	Miramax Films	Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Fichi d'India, Kim Rossi Stuart, Giorgio Ariani